Even before Thaksin Shinawatra entered politics, his family was involved in dubious, if not totally illegal, business documentation. In fact, it was something in his pre-Thai Rak Thai past – the massive transfers of shares from his inner circles to people who were not supposed to have them – that kick-started Thailand’s ongoing and detrimental national divide.

THE UNITED Nations refugee agency has asked Australia to consider resettlement of the Saudi teenager who was detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport last week after Thai immigration staff said her travelling documents were insufficient.

Bangkok police on Tuesday arrested an undocumented Cambodian migrant and charged him with public obscenity and unlawful entry into the Kingdom, after a woman cried foul on social media that the man had exposed himself in front of her.

Thirty-two firms from Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai have bought the terms of reference document to build the third phase of Laem Chabang Port, Montree Lergchumni, acting director-general of the Port Authority of Thailand and the managing director of Laem Chabang Port, said yesterday.

Thailand Securities Depository Co Ltd (TSD), a subsidiary of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), will roll out a new electronic system that enables shareholders to access listed firms' shareholder meeting documents and annual reports via QR code and URLs.

A forest crime suppression task force under the Forest Protection Operations Centre (FPOC) raided a sawmill in Ang Thong province on Tuesday in a crackdown on the smuggling of hardwoods out of the country using forged documents.

Police, in the ongoing crackdown on foreigners living unlawfully in the Kingdom, have arrested 10 Indian men and 24 Thai women on suspicion of involvement in a scam whereby fake marriages and false documents were used to extend the men’s stay in Thailand, the Immigration Police Bureau announced on Tuesday.